Craven Diary

Spun Gold's casting flyer

A Craven Diary: Special 60 year old silk edition of the Craven Herald

Where is this memorial hall?

Where is this memorial hall?

Name that building: This memorial hall is more than 170 years old

Where is this hall?

Where is this hall?

Name that building: This grand early 20th century building was not always flats

A pignut tuber with the flowers in the background

A pignut tuber with the flowers in the background

A Craven diary: Tell us about your lockdown project

Cyclists in Skipton. Picture Rowley Ellwood/NYCC Collection

Cyclists in Skipton. Picture Rowley Ellwood/NYCC Collection

A Craven Diary: 1920s cyclists 'blocking the highways' for speedier car drivers

A curious young cow takes a liking to my shoelace

A curious young cow takes a liking to my shoelace

A Craven diary: Fleeing from curious cows, and losing one's shoelaces

Where is this grand pocket mansion

Where is this grand pocket mansion

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Name that building: A grand, pocket mansion on the Pennine Way

Mantrap - used to catch poachers on a Gargrave estate

Mantrap - used to catch poachers on a Gargrave estate

A Craven Diary: Anti-poacher mantrap with savage jaws was designed to 'break a leg'

Where and what is this? Picture by Daniel Aynesworth, 12

Where and what is this? Picture by Daniel Aynesworth, 12

Name that what? Easter Island Moai?

Fear of the 'flapper' Craven Herald advert, 1929

Fear of the 'flapper' Craven Herald advert, 1929

A Craven diary: When an Archdeacon was 'terrified' at the prospect of 'flappers' voting for the first time

Ingleborough, nearly went into Lancashire

Ingleborough, nearly went into Lancashire

A Craven diary: When Ingleborough and Whernside nearly ended up in Lancashire

Where is this compact little building?

Where is this compact little building?

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Name that building: This compact building is very high up

Is Kiko a clever puppy?

Is Kiko a clever puppy?

A Craven diary: Grandmother's bedtime story book, and suspicious goings-on in the countryside

Where is this church? Picture by Philip Winstanley

Where is this church? Picture by Philip Winstanley

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Name that church: This church is no longer open

'County lines' dealing in eggs

'County lines' dealing in eggs

A Craven diary: When 'county lines' dealing was in eggs, and not hard core drugs

Where is this church? Picture Philip Winstanley

Where is this church? Picture Philip Winstanley

Name that church: A relatively young church, built to serve the growing railway population

Silvio's bakery, picture Rowley Ellwood Collection

Silvio's bakery, picture Rowley Ellwood Collection

A Craven diary: Memories of Silvio's bakery and the 'flower snatchers' of 1946

Crocheted post box pictured by Sharon Moorby

Crocheted post box pictured by Sharon Moorby

A Craven diary: Land girls and how they won over sceptical Craven farmers

Where is this magnificent ruin, picure by Philip Winstanley

Where is this magnificent ruin, picure by Philip Winstanley

Yorkshire Dales

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Name that castle: One of the country's best preserved

Sir Mathew Wilson, Skipton High Street

Sir Mathew Wilson, Skipton High Street

A Craven diary: 1920s socialite, Lillie Langtry, Gargrave and the butler's wife

Where is this church, pictured by Philip Winstanley

Where is this church, pictured by Philip Winstanley

Yorkshire Dales

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Name that church: This church is close to some famous waterfalls

Robert Bros Mammoth Zoo CIrcus

Robert Bros Mammoth Zoo CIrcus

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A Craven diary: When Buffalo Bill and performing elephants and lions came to town

Where is this church?

Where is this church?

Name that church: A tucked away church in the midst of houses

Fran and Chum, on the beach

Fran and Chum, on the beach

A Craven diary: Memories of the 'swingin' sixties' and hitch-hiking to London

Picture by Philip Winstanley

Picture by Philip Winstanley

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NAME THAT CHURCH: A church with close links to Broughton Hall

Roger Ingham winning the senior race in 1961 being congratulated by the then headmaster of Ermysted's Jack Eastwood

Roger Ingham winning the senior race in 1961 being congratulated by the then headmaster of Ermysted's Jack Eastwood

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A Craven diary: When Ermysted's gruelling annual cross country race meant half-day closing in Skipton

What is this building?

What is this building?

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NAME THAT BUILDING: An industrial building, now a working museum

Craven heifer, painted in 1811. Picture Wikipedia

Craven heifer, painted in 1811. Picture Wikipedia

A Craven diary: Which was the fattest? The Craven heifer, or the Airedale heifer?

Not the Cotswolds - Neil and Adam in Malhamdale for Countryfile

Not the Cotswolds - Neil and Adam in Malhamdale for Countryfile

A Craven diary: The Yorkshire Dales - just not as sunny as the Cotswolds

Where and what is this grand building?

Where and what is this grand building?

Name that building: A tucked away architectural treat

Cow horn day bed, picture Tennants

Cow horn day bed, picture Tennants

A Craven diary: A pair of 'fully inflated' blowfish and other curios to be sold at auction

Scargill House at Kettlewell

Scargill House at Kettlewell

Name that building: A former church with a new purpose

Bracewell vicar and 'defriended' Rob the robin

Bracewell vicar and 'defriended' Rob the robin

A Craven diary: A Bracewell vicar and the 'de-friended' Rob the robin

Record breaking heifer, Craven Herald, February, 1946

Record breaking heifer, Craven Herald, February, 1946

A Craven Diary: Lolham Curlew, record-breaking heifer

Where is this grand looking church?

Where is this grand looking church?

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NAME THAT CHURCH: A grand looking church that has benefitted from being restored

A Craven Diary: 50 years ago and Decimal D Day was almost upon us

The millennium memorial at Thornton-in-Craven

The millennium memorial at Thornton-in-Craven

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NAME THAT STRUCTURE: A common enough sight in the Dales - but what exactly is it for?

A Craven Diary: When Skipton Castle was used to store some of the nation's treasures - but not the Crown Jewels

Holy Trintiy Church, by John Shaw

Holy Trintiy Church, by John Shaw

Name that landmark: Just where is this unusual clock?

The advert as it appeared in the Craven Herald 50 years ago

The advert as it appeared in the Craven Herald 50 years ago

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A CRAVEN DIARY: Free entry to a Christmas Eve party in 1970 - but only if you come topless ...

Old railway engine 'parked' in layby

Old railway engine 'parked' in layby

A Craven Diary: Fork handles? Memories of Manby's Ironmongers shop in Skipton

Horton-in-Ribblesdale Church

Horton-in-Ribblesdale Church

NAME THAT LANDMARK: A very interesting structure, and look out for the spiders

Craven's Part in the Great War

Craven's Part in the Great War

A CRAVEN DIARY: 'Marriage and the intellectual woman', sound advice from the Craven Herald's 'lady correspondent' 100 years ago

NAME THAT CHURCH: This lovely, well maintained church is close to the River Lune

Craven Herald, November 9, 1945

Craven Herald, November 9, 1945

A CRAVEN DIARY: When Barlick built Rolls-Royce jet engines powered a plane to smash the world speed record

Arncliffe Church

Arncliffe Church

NAME THAT CHURCH: A church in a village used for filming of All Creatures Great and Small

Fish and chips, 'poison' to the under 10s

Fish and chips, 'poison' to the under 10s

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A CRAVEN DIARY: 'Don't feed fish and chips to the under tens, they're poison!'

Let's get ready to raddle

Let's get ready to raddle

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A CRAVEN DIARY: When women from Lancashire on chars-a-banc pub crawls to the Dales were described as 'pigs'

Mole eating heron, picture by Keith Jeddere-Fisher

Mole eating heron, picture by Keith Jeddere-Fisher

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A CRAVEN DIARY: Mole eating herons are welcomed by farmers

Mill Bridge, Skipton

Mill Bridge, Skipton

A CRAVEN DIARY: Memories of a brawl in a Skipton fish and chip shop and taking part in the Great British spring clean

Freddie Trueman statue

Freddie Trueman statue

A CRAVEN DIARY: A Rolls Royce once owned by Freddie Trueman sells for £31,500

NAME THAT CHURCH: This remote church is also a heritage centre

Dumped freezer, complete with food

Dumped freezer, complete with food

A CRAVEN DIARY : All Creatures Great and Small and the arrival 100 years ago of Friesian cattle in Craven

Name that church (structure): Where is this interesting looking building?

Name that church (structure): Where is this interesting looking building?

Name that church (structure): Where is this interesting looking building?

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